No. 6 Nebraska defeated the No. 8 Gophers wrestling team 21-13 on Saturday in Lincoln, Neb.
Gophers fall to Huskers in matchup of top-10 wrestling teams
Nebraska, ranked sixth, won the final four matches and ended No. 8 Minnesota’s 10-match winning streak that extended to last season.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 12, 2025 at 2:55AM
The loss was the first dual-meet loss of the season for the Gophers (4-1, 0-1 Big Ten) and ended a 10-match dual winning streak dating to last season.
The Gophers' last dual-meet loss was to Nebraska, 19-14 at Maturi Pavilion last January.
Saturday’s match started at 157 pounds, and the Cornhuskers (6-1, 1-0) won the first three matches to open a 9-0 lead.
Back-to-back major decisions by Max McEnelly (at 184 pounds) and Isaiah Salazar (at 197) pulled the Gophers within 9-8.
Gable Steveson’s 19-4 tech fall victory at heavyweight gave the Gophers a 13-9 lead, but the Cornhuskers won the final four matches to earn the victory.
Steveson, the top-ranked heavyweight who returned to the Gophers after winning Olympic gold, is 4-0 in dual meets for the Gophers with all four victories by tech fall. He has won 56 matches in a row.
The Gophers will play host to No. 13 Michigan on Jan. 19 at Maturi Pavilion.
The Gophers had lost their previous three games and their past seven meetings with the Hoosiers. Guard Amaya Battle helped change all that by scoring a game-high 16 points to surpass 1,000 in her career.
